PKP seeks PLN 7 bln from EU for new rail projects

Polish Railways is asking Brussels for financial support in railway improvements. Six new projects will be announced by the railway network management. The projects are worth PLN 10.2 billion altogether, with PLN 7.4 billion coming from the EU, within the 2014-2020 budget framework. The Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) fund would be the source of the monies devoted to Polish rail infrastructure projects. The improvements would help in joining North-South and East-West connections within the TEN-T corridor directive. Polish Railways will spend PLN 7 billion before the year is over. There has been a rush to complete projects that are allocated in the old EU budget. The new budget commits €24.3 billion to Polish infrastructure in general, reported Dziennik Gazeta Prawna.